Crew

Maria Govan
(Writer/Director/Producer) As a woman of Greek, Scottish and Bahamian descent, Maria's creative voice is deeply rooted in a dialogue with her home, the Bahamas. Her first film, Junkanoo: The Heartbeat of a People, celebrates the spiritual and creative life force of Bahamian culture by exploring the African rooted festival-tradition of Junkanoo. Her subsequent work is an intimate look at the somewhat shattered lives of three Bahamians living with HIV. That film, Where I'm From: HIV and AIDS in the Bahamas, was an official selection at the Bahamas International Film Festival where it received wide support from both the local audience and visiting filmmakers alike. Rain is Maria's debut narrative feature film.

Molly Mayeux
(Producer) Ms Mayeux, whose career spans over sixteen years, has been associated with a number of leading filmmakers from Steven Spielberg to the Farrelly brothers. Her numerous credits include Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman, HBO's Dancing in September, and Savior, starring Dennis Quaid. In 1998, Ms. Mayeux produced The Hi-Line, starring Rachael Leigh Cook, which premiered at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival and is shown on Showtime. The following year she produced Dandelion, starring Taryn Manning, which premiered at Sundance in 2003 and received a US theatrical and international release. In development under her production banner, Dahlia Street Films, is Alive and Well, based on Bradley Denton's highly acclaimed novel, Buddy Holly's Alive and Well in Ganymede and House of the Rising Sun, a crime drama, scheduled to be shot in April 2009

Francis Kuzler (Producer)
Frank has been working in independent film for the past ten years and is extremely excited and feels honoured to have worked on Rain. Other film credits include the uncompromising film After The Apocalypse which was called "a triumph in independent filmmaking" by Entertainment Weekly, and which received acclaim in over 30 international film festivals. Mr. Kuzler has also worked for MTV and VH1 and has numerous credits as an assistant director and unit production manager.

He is currently in development on two feature films (The Orange Cyclist and Ernie Bell's Last Night in Utopia) to be shot in 2009 and is directing a documentary entitled Off-Off on the tumultuous origins and frenetic history of the independent theatre scene in New York City.

As a theatre producer, Frank is the Managing Director of the Boomerang Theatre Company, which has received several awards for its productions including most recently the Caffé Cino Award for Outstanding Independent Theatre Company. He holds a BA from Manhattan College in English literature, a Juris Doctorate degree and is a member of the New York State Bar.

Nathaniel Kohn (Producer)
Dr. Nathaniel Kohn is an Associate Professor at the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, teaching courses in writing for the screen, producing for film and television, cultural studies, and critical theory. Also at the University of Georgia, Dr. Kohn is Associate Director of the prestigious George Foster Peabody Awards, considered by many to be the highest award in the electronic media. Dr. Kohn is festival director of Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival, hosted by Chicago Sun-Times' film critic Roger Ebert. He also is co-founder and festival director of Robert Osborne's Classic Film Festival. Dr. Kohn's credits as a motion picture producer include the Academy Award nominated Zulu Dawn, directed by Douglas Hickox and starring Burt Lancaster, Peter O'Toole, John Mills, Simon Sabela, Ken Gampu, and Bob Hoskins. In television, he produced the American version of the award winning British Channel 4 children's science series Abracadabra. Dr. Kohn's most recent project, Somebodies, premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film festival.

Pamela Kohn (Producer)
Pamela Kohn has been involved in developing, marketing and selling feature films in Africa, Europe, and the United States for over a decade. She is currently organizing and raising money for Robert Osborne's Classic Film Festival, a University of Georgia outreach event. She is also developing two feature film projects. Ms. Kohn's first producing project, Somebodies, premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film festival.

Martina Radwan (Director of Photography)

Martina Radwan started in the film industry in her native home of Germany in 1987 as a camera technician at ARRI, Berlin. In 1988 she began to work as a camera assistant for DPs including Robby Mueller, Jürgen Jürges and directors such as Wim Wenders.
In 1995, she moved to New York where she attended the film program at NYU. In 1996, Martina began to work as a director of photography. Since then, she has shot numerous features, documentaries and shorts. In 2001, she collaborated with Ellen Kuras as 2nd camera operator on Personal Velocity, a feature directed by Rebecca Miller and produced by InDiGent. The film won The Cinematographer Award and The Grand Jury prize for Best Film in 2002 at Sundance.
Her recent work includes Flannel Pajamas, Singapore Dreaming, and Train, which was produced by Millennium Films.

Maria Cataldo (Editor)

Maria Cataldo is a New York City based filmmaker and theater artist. As an editor, she has worked both independently and through The Weinstein Company, where she assisted and coordinated the post-production on films including Bobby, Factory Girl, Dedication, The Protector, and The Dixie Chicks' Documentary Shut Up and Sing. Maria's film/video design and theater has been presented in NYC through St. Ann's Warehouse, HERE Arts Center, The Looking Glass Theater, The Tank, and elsewhere, including The Blue Theater (New Orleans), and The State Theater (Ithaca, NY). Over the past several years, while in summer residence through the Arts Conservatory at Choate Rosemary Hall, Maria wrote and developed a series of scripts for young actors. In 2008, she became a member of the Brooklyn Writers Space where she is currently at work on a script for an upcoming feature film.

Denise Hudson (Production Designer)
Denise Hudson started her career path as a designer whilst working in the fashion and theatre worlds of Paris and New York after graduating from UC Berkeley with a degree in Rhetoric and Political Science. These real-world experiences led her to study theatre at The Yale School of Drama, from which she holds a Masters in Theatre Design.
Denise designed Quinceanera, the highly acclaimed independent feature that won not only the Sundance Audience Award, but also the Grand Jury Prize in 2006.
Before that she worked as an Art Director for such films as Austin Powers, Blue Crush, and HBO's 61, working in distant and challenging locations such as New Zealand, the Bahamas and Abu Dhabi.

Gerald Brunskill (Composer)

A gifted composer, screenwriter, director, and multi-instrumentalist, Jerry Brunskill prides himself on the diversity of his creative experience and musical background. In his early 20's, Jerry entered Star Search, ultimately winning the one hundred thousand dollar grand prize. Armed with Ed McMahon's assurance that his future was bright, Jerry signed to Atlantic Records at age 21 and soon found himself in New York and London recording with the likes of Peter Townsend and Phil Collins. Despite this success, Jerry was never able to fully glean what "Susudio" meant. He did, however, co-write a number of songs that entered the Billboard Charts, working with artists including Tina Turner, Tom Petty, Prince, and Kenny Loggins. Jerry began scoring and composing music for motion pictures in 1987, ultimately creating "Wow + Flutter" - a 8000 sq. ft. state of the art music and post-production facility in Santa Monica, California. Jerry's credits include copious award winning commercials for virtually every major product on the planet, numerous television themes and feature films, as well as countless hours of episodic television.